Jia Yao of the Red Chamber

Chapter 42 Jia Yao To Be Married ([-])

Since Jia Yao told Jia Mu that she readily accepted the imperial decree of marriage, Jia Mu was obviously more satisfied with her obedience and obedience, and for a while cared more about her than Baoyu.It was to reminisce about the old days with his old sisters, and it was to ask Baoyu to inquire about the power of the third prince in the court, and to inquire about the affairs of the third prince openly and secretly.But no meaningful news was found.However, this only made Jia's mother happier, and it also showed from the side that the third prince was not incompetent, nor was he too sharp.It’s not that this guy is incompetent because he hasn’t revealed any rumors that people can use, and he’s not too sharp because he’s not completely iron-clad and can’t inquire about anything, but just happens to be The control of oneself is within the limits that can reassure the emperor.As a prince and concubine like Jia Yao, what needs to be considered is not the matter of wives and concubines competing for favor in the back house. Of course, that also requires some thought.But what really needs Jia Yao's attention is the interests of her and the third prince as a couple.Bai Baoyu's future and Lin Ruhai's cryptic point, it is not like in the original book that the desperate Jia family did not stand in line.But since the emperor married Jia Yao to the third prince, their Jia family and the four major families with related interests basically got on the boat of the third prince.The information leaked here is that firstly, the emperor is not dissatisfied with the third prince for the time being, and secondly, it also means that the emperor wants to intensify the battle between the princes so that he can choose a successor he is satisfied with.Therefore, the Jia family naturally wanted the third prince to be capable.Like Jia Yao, a girl who is counted among the four major families, her every move will be speculated to have the meaning behind it, so before the nunnery in the palace came, Jia Mu took Jia Yao with her every day, and how much she could call her? If you know something, you know more.

Regarding Jia Yao's own quality, Jia's mother is not worried at all.It's not that Jia's mother is boasting as an elder, but she really feels from the bottom of her heart that her youngest granddaughter is all top-notch in terms of beauty, appearance, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, temperament and conversation.In addition, her granddaughter is smart, well-behaved and courteous, and she believes that Jia Yao can please her husband.It's just that as a daughter of an aristocratic family, Jia Yao needs to understand far more than how to win the favor of her husband as a concubine to be married.She needs to have a general understanding of the current situation, the layout of the palace, the things she shoulders and the expectations of the family.

These days, from Jia's mother, Jia Yao has roughly understood the composition of the royal family today.The emperor's surname is Mo, because the surname Mo has been the common surname since the previous dynasty, and the ink characters are widely used among scholars. Since the founding of the Mo Dynasty, the emperor has not asked the people to avoid the ink characters.And the taboos in this dynasty are not as strict as those in the previous dynasty.Of course, like those Jiangnan aristocratic families who have gone through several dynasties, taboos are still very particular.However, those who followed the first emperor like the four major families paid less attention to these matters.The current emperor's name is Mo Guangkun. For some reason in his generation, there were no other people in the royal family before Jia Yao was born. There is no one or two brothers and sisters in the current emperor's clan. .Except for the aunt of the current emperor, the royal family has no one from the previous generation except the empress dowager and the eldest princess.From this, Jia Yao can also imagine how tragic the situation was when the Mo Dynasty emperor founded the country before she was born.It is estimated that the first emperor had very few heirs, and after the struggle for the throne, the clan became the depression it is today.The current aunt married into the Wei family and is now a grandmother.Her grandson Wei Ruolan is also considered to have played well with Baoyu in the family.Since she was not married, the eldest princess has been far away from the matter of seizing the throne, so she has always been favored by the royal family.As for the current princes, the eldest prince Mo Lanxin was born in the Xie family after the Yuan Dynasty, and he is a well-deserved legitimate son.The second prince, Mo Lanyin, was also born in the Yuan Dynasty, but he left when he was seven years old. During this period, the women in the harem were inevitable, but Jia Mu mentioned it too much, so obviously this cannot be said in depth.He only said a few words about the kindness of the former emperor, and there was no big fight in the palace.As smart as Jia Yao, she could vaguely understand the dissatisfaction that the emperor might have had with the empress's family, the Xie family.And the cause of death after Yuan.Of course, these obscure things cannot be deeply thought about, just pay attention to avoiding them.Today, after the Empress Yuan left, he expressed his sadness very much, but a year later, he still promoted the then imperial concubine Ula to be the successor queen.The queen also has two sons, namely, Jia Yao's future husband, the third prince Mo Lanzhen and monk, and the fifth prince Mo Lanzhen who is still young.The two princes can be regarded as serious sons-in-law, and they are also honorable in the palace.The remaining fourth prince, Mo Lanfeng, was the son of the emperor's favorite concubine, Concubine Rong.Since the queen also passed away three years ago, the most favored concubine Rong in the palace is the only one in the family.However, compared with the family background of the previous two empresses, Concubine Rong is much worse.It has been three years since the empress passed away, and the emperor has no intention of promoting Concubine Rong, but he still loves Concubine Rong the same, and the people in the palace did not take Concubine Rong lightly.The emperor valued and loved the several princes in general, everyone should have something, and a bowl of water is very flat.If these princes are all compatriots from the same mother, it seems that they are really harmonious.However, the ages of the several princes are not much different, but there are great conflicts of interest between them.The eldest prince was originally the only decent son, his mother's family was powerful, his mother's father valued him, and he was also excellent, but first his mother's younger brother died, and then his biggest backer, his mother's mother, also passed away in a dream.The royal father soon appointed Noble Concubine Wula as his queen, and the third and fifth children who were originally inferior to himself and his second brother also became legitimate sons.The Wula family is also a big family in the court, and as the empress dowager, the royal grandmothers of the princes are the aunts of the empress Wulaji.The threat that the First Prince felt was naturally unusual, and this was enough to make him restless.Unexpectedly, three years later, Empress Ula also went there, and the palace became the dominant family of Concubine Rong, who was already the most favored.His fourth younger brother became very popular immediately, and had great influence in the palace.The eldest prince naturally disliked his younger brothers, the third prince Mo Lanyan couldn't possibly like his brother who regarded him as a thorn in his side, and the fourth prince, although his mother and concubine were favored, enjoyed a lot in the palace, But without the support of the power of the outside family, it is difficult to advance and retreat, so it is natural to be jealous of several distinguished brothers.And the emperor was very kind to each of their sons, and gave each prince hope for that seat.

As a prince, he has thought about that position more or less.And with each other, like the few princes who are almost immortal, naturally the fight is even more fierce.However, nowadays, he has always put on an appearance of emphasizing affection and human relations, and the struggles of the several princes have always been hidden under the water, for fear of offending the powerful emperor's father.It's just that in the past few years, the princes who are similar in age have grown older. Three years ago, the eldest prince and the third prince had to discuss marriage. The prince also wanted to discuss marriage.The eldest prince was married to the eldest daughter of the direct branch of the Xie family from his natal family, and from then on, the Xie family naturally supported the eldest prince even more.But unexpectedly, Empress Wula fell ill.Contrary to what Mo Lanyan had guessed in his heart, Queen Wula's dream of passing away has nothing to do with the current emperor. In fact, the emperor has not yet felt that his successor queen is in the way.I also seriously want to point out a good marriage to the third son, so as to balance the restraint of the two sons.However, he went on like this afterwards, and the emperor felt depressed and had nothing to do.The only way is to let the eldest son's family dominate for a while.In those two years, there was even a faction represented by the Xie family in the DPRK who demanded that the eldest prince be crowned prince.Of course, it was suppressed by the emperor for various reasons.Of course, this also caused a backlash from the fourth prince who couldn't see the situation clearly.And because of the death of his mother, Mo Lanyan, who thought he could see the nature of his father, honestly spent a lot of time to transfer the power that he had worked so hard to raise to the ground little by little.Of course, he thought that he was very mature, but he didn't know that his aloof father was silently watching everything, and for the first time in his heart he was partial to one of these sons.I don't think this youngest is really stupid.But the emperor only felt a little comfort and appreciation for his son as a father. In terms of ruthlessness, this lonely man is an ancestor.Or from the time that person closed his eyes forever many years ago, all people and things, and the reason for his existence, all revolved around his sense of responsibility to the dynasty in his heart.Although the third son acted in this way, although he was not thorough enough, he looked more mature than the eldest son and the fourth son.However, the emperor still hesitated in his heart. The sense of responsibility for this dynasty has supported him for these years, and it has already hardened this man's heart.The gentleness and kindness on his face corresponded to the ruthless indifference in his heart.In his heart, he repeatedly evaluated the forces in the court, the good and bad characters of his sons, and the personnel dynamics that he could grasp, which had become his basic habit of thinking about things.After the subsequent unexpected death, the perfect balance he had planned was broken.The eldest son dominates the family, the fourth son can't wait, the third son unexpectedly calms down, and the fifth son is still young and not yet ready.Finally, the three-year filial piety period has passed, and the second son who has already intervened in the imperial examination and wants to hook up with the four major families makes him eager to raise another party to suppress them.So in a little haste, he tied the four major families to his third son who was pleasing to the eye.Afterwards, he was also dissatisfied with the haste of his decision at the time, but after thinking about it a few times, he finally felt that even if this matter brought about any unexpected consequences, it could be easily suppressed.So he acted as a loving father, and sent several of his own people to Jia's mansion to teach Miss Jia, who was about to become his third daughter-in-law.